CVE-2026-12996
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
A use-after-free in OpenVPN 2.6.0 through 2.6.20 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.4 allows remote authenticated peers to potentially cause a denial of service or leak memory via crafted packets during TLS session promotion or expiry
| CWE | CWE-416 CWE-125 |
| Vendor | openvpn |
| Product | openvpn |
| Published | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Jul 30, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
OpenVPN / OpenVPN
2.6.0 ≤ 2.6.20 2.7_alpha1 ≤ 2.7.4
References
community.openvpn.net: https://community.openvpn.net/Security%20Announcements/CVE-2026-12996 community.openvpn.net: https://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-275-released-1-july-2026 community.openvpn.net: https://community.openvpn.net/ReleaseHistory#openvpn-2621-released-1-july-2026 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/07/msg00013.html